Table 1.
Detection of vector-borne pathogens from the spleen and blood of raccoon dogs in Korea during 2003–2010
| Region | Spleen | Blood | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of samples | Number of PCR-positive samples (infection rate [%]) | Number of samples | Number of PCR-positive samples (infection rate [%]) | |||||
| Anaplasma phagocytophilum | Abovis bovis | Borrelia sp. | Bartonella henselae | A. phagocytophilum | A. bovis | |||
| Seoul | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 0 |
| Gyeonggi-do | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.5) | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Gwangwon-do | 41 | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 (9.7) |
| Chungcheongbuk-do | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Chungcheongnam-do | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Jeollanam-do | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 (6.6) | 0 | – | – | – |
| Gyeongsangbuk-do | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Gyeongsangnam-do | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 142 | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.4) | 51 | 1 (2.0) | 3 (5.9) |
PCR = polymerase chain reaction.